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Housing Act 1988
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93 Right conferred by Part IV.E+W
(1)This Part has effect for the purpose of conferring on any person who has been approved under section 94 below the right to acquire from a public sector landlord, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Part—
(a)the fee simple estate in any buildings each of which comprises or contains one or more dwelling-houses which on the relevant date are occupied by qualifying tenants of the public sector landlord; and
(b)the fee simple estate in any other property which is reasonably required for occupation with buildings falling within paragraph (a) above.
(2)The following are public sector landlords for the purposes of this Part, namely—
(a)a local housing authority within the meaning of section 1 of the Housing Act 1985 (in this Part referred to as “the 1985 Act”);
(b)a new town corporation within the meaning of section 4(b) of that Act;
(c)a housing action trust within the meaning of Part III of this Act; and
(d)the Development Board for Rural Wales.
(3)Subject to subsection (4) below, a secure tenant of a public sector landlord is a qualifying tenant for the purposes of this Part if (and only if) his secure tenancy is held directly from the landlord as owner of the fee simple estate and, in relation to any acquisition or proposed acquisition under this Part, any reference in the following provisions of this Part to qualifying tenant is a reference only to a qualifying tenant of the public sector landlord from whom the acquisition is or is proposed to be made.
(4)A secure tenant is not a qualifying tenant for the purposes of this Part if—
(a)he is obliged to give up possession of the dwelling-house in pursuance of an order of the court or will be so obliged at a date specified in such an order; or
(b)the circumstances are as set out in any of paragraphs 5 to 11 of Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act (exceptions to right to buy).
(5)In this Part “the relevant date”, in relation to an acquisition or proposed acquisition under this Part, means the date on which is made the application under section 96 below claiming to exercise the right conferred by this Part.
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